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Named Egypt’s Winner, Islamist Makes History Mohamed Morsi’s recognition as president handed the Muslim Brotherhood a new weapon in its struggle for power with Egypt’s ruling military council.
Syrian Freedom: Turkey: NATO should view #Syria as attacking it syrianfreedomls: By Selcan Hacaoglu ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey said Monday it would push NATO to consider Syria’s downing of a Turkish jet as an attack on the whole military alliance. The announcement came on the eve of a meeting by NATO’s governing body to discuss the incident.
akio: A group of unidentified Egyptian activists have set up a Facebook page and website called morsimeter.com to monitor the performance of Egypt’s president-elect Mohamed Morsi during his first 100 days in office. The page, which already has over 20,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook, will assess Morsi’s adherence to 64 promises he made during his election campaign in the fields of bread, traffic, security, fuel and health. Morsi vowed to implement the Muslim Brotherhood’s Renaissance Project if elected president. In his first post-victory speech on Sunday evening, Morsi said Egyptians should not obey him if he fails to stick to his campaign pledges….
Google reports ‘alarming’ rise in censorship by governments Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet. Many of these requests came from western democracies not typically associated with censorship.
‘Nobody can rescue the victims’ after renewed attacks, Syrian opposition says The quest for peace in Syria is now crippled with setbacks, as a U.N. observer mission has suspended operations and attempts to rescue civilians trapped amid violence have proved futile.
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has issued its ‘Global Trends’ report, revealing that 2011 saw the highest number of newly created refugees since 2000.
Are you watching the ceremony? Very inspiring to see justice being done after 21 years.
Obama to Permit Young Migrants to Remain in U.S. President Obama outlined a new immigration policy under which young illegal immigrants who came to the country as children can obtain work permits and will not face deportation. “Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine you’ve done everything right your entire life … only to suddenly face the threat of deportation.” “They are Americans in their hearts, in their minds, in every single way but one: on paper.“ Not that I don’t agree with every word but make no mistake here: this is politics. He obviously needs the latino votes too.
Four ICC staff members detained in Libya; Immediate release requested The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirms that four of its staff members have been detained in Libya, since Thursday, 7 June. The ICC is communicating with the relevant authorities of Libya to ensure their release.
